Articles related to "Zulu War"

In 1879 Lord Chelmsford opened the Zulu War with a complicated five-pronged attack. It would lead to one of the great disasters in British colonial history.

Despite its small size, Rorke's Drift is probably the most widely recognized battle of the Zulu War

The British government adopted "total war" in their ambition to eradicate the power of the Zulu kingdom in their conquest of South Africa.

The Battle of Isandhlwana was fought in South Africa on the 22nd January 1879 between Imperial British forces and the army of Zulu King Cetshwayo.

How Lady Florence Dixie, Scottish aristocrat, writer and sister of the Marquis of Queensberry, "killed" John Brown and became a vegetarian.

After the Lord Chelmsford's disaster at Isandlawana, Colonel Henry Evelyn Wood restored British military supremacy in Zululand.

The British seized the Cape of Good Hope from the Dutch in the early 1800s, sparking a conflict between colonists of both powers and native Africans.

The Gatling Gun, invented by a young man from North Carolina for the Union Army, brought about the beginnings of modern warfare and still haunts the battlefield today.

By 1914, almost the whole of Africa was colonized by Europeans. For the Africans, there were benefits in this situation but there were also serious disadvantages.

Berg, Bush, Beach, and Battlefields is how many tourism brochures describe the popular tourist attractions of KwaZulu-Natal on the East Coast of South Africa.

The Zulu people have a long as well as distinguished history within the continent of Africa.

An artist of rare ability, Angus McBride is best remembered for illustrating over one hundred books for Osprey Publishing, a military history specialist.

The route covers all of the major battle sites: Rorke's Drift, Blood River, Tlana, Isandlwana, as well as the siege of Ladysmith and the dramatic Drakensberg Mountains.

The celebration of empire in Great Britain was characterized by a repertoire of patriotic and nationalistic songs, ballads, and marches evoking intense pride.